Journal article
The social neuroscience of mentalizing: challenges and recommendations
Current opinion in psychology, Vol.24, pp.1-6
12/2018
DOI: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2018.02.015
PMCID: PMC6110997
PMID: 29529497
Abstract
Our ability to understand and think about the mental states of other people is referred to as 'mentalizing' or 'theory of mind'. It features prominently in all social behavior, is essential for maintaining relationships, and shows pronounced individual differences. Here we review new approaches to study the underlying psychological mechanisms and discuss how they could best be investigated using modern tools from social neuroscience. We list key desiderata for the field, such as validity, specificity, and reproducibility, and link them to specific recommendations for the future. We also discuss new computational modeling approaches, and the application to psychopathology.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The social neuroscience of mentalizing: challenges and recommendations
- Creators
- Dorit Kliemann - California Institute of Technology, Division of Humanities and Social Sciences, Pasadena, CA 91125, USARalph Adolphs - California Institute of Technology, Division of Humanities and Social Sciences, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA. Electronic address: radolphs@caltech.edu
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Current opinion in psychology, Vol.24, pp.1-6
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.copsyc.2018.02.015
- PMID
- 29529497
- PMCID
- PMC6110997
- NLM abbreviation
- Curr Opin Psychol
- ISSN
- 2352-250X
- eISSN
- 2352-2518
- Publisher
- Netherlands
- Grant note
- P50 MH094258 / NIMH NIH HHS
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 12/2018
- Academic Unit
- Neurology; Psychiatry; Psychological and Brain Sciences; Iowa Neuroscience Institute
- Record Identifier
- 9984065369502771
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